Up before sunrise, washed, dressed and breakfasted and would
have been on the road before 8 if we hadn’t discovered a soft looking rear
tyre. Once again total strangers to the rescue with an electric pump. We get
the tyre pressure back up, and drive gingerly onward through the Warry Gate
towards Innamincka. We keep stopping and checking the tyre, which looks OK, but
once we get on the sealed road of the Adventure Highway, the tyre goes completely.
We change the wheel, and drive on to Innamincka on the spare (fortunately a
good tyre). In Innamincka we discover that none of the people who might be able
to fix a tyre are available. We buy a tyre pump, refuel, and eat a late burger lunch at the pub, where we
also deliver a box of books.
Now we have a difficult decision. If we follow
the route in the book as planned we will go via the Walkers Crossing Track and
the Birdsville track. We don’t know the state of the former, and we’ll be
travelling without a spare tyre. And with the Birdsville Races this weekend,
the Birdsville Track will be like the Southeastern Freeway on Friday afternoon.
We decide to take the Cordillo Road instead, as we hear it is in good
condition. And it is, we drive comfortably and without incident to the Marianna
Waterhole, where we decide to camp for the night. It is now cloudy and quite
muggy, so we are almost too hot and sleep with all the air vents open.
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